Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog antique grain painting combs Certainly its maker took quite

Certainly its maker took quite a lot of care

A charmer of an antique charm

I have not tried to clean or sharpen the blade

4 7/8" x 3 1/16

with illustrations attributed to Victorian illustrator Sir John Tenniel

Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog antique grain painting combs Certainly its maker took quiteA radiant Champion Quince, glowing like sunshine. I've handled a few examples (of apples and peaches and pears) of this type before this would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a large folio case). This is not a lithograph rather, the quince here was rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and meticulously applied layers of